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13. Thompson, J. A. F. ‘Richard III and Lord Hastings - a Problematical Case Reviewed.’
Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research
, 48 (1975), 22-30.

14. Sutton, A. & Hammond, P. W. ‘The problems of dating and the dangers of redating: the Acts of Court of the Mercers’ Company of London 1453-1527.’
Journal of the Society of Archivists
, 6 (1978), 87-91.

15. Wolfe, B. P. ‘Hastings Reinterred.’
The English Historical Review
, 91 (1976), 813-824.

16. Coleman, C. H. D. ‘ The execution of Hastings: A neglected source.’
Bulletin of
the Institute of Historical Research
, 53 (1980), 244-247.

17. Wigram, I. ‘The death of Hastings.’
The Ricardian
, 50 (1975), 27-29.

18. See P. W Hammond at
http://www.r3.org/intro.html
.

19. Atreed, L. ‘Hanham Redivivus - A Salvage Operation.’
The Ricardian
, 65 (1979), 41-50.

1.  But see Archer, R. E. ‘Microcosm or mere County? Greater Warwickshire in the Fifteenth Century.’
The Ricardian
, 125 (1994), 60-65, and the associated reviewed text: Carpenter, C.
Locality and polity: A study of Warwickshire landed society 1401-1499
. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge 1992.

2.  There is, however, the intriguing possibility that Eleanor became pregnant by Edward IV. If this was so, and if the pregnancy could not be attributed to the late Sir Thomas, is it possible that she spent her confinement at Ashby St Ledgers, where the third child of Sir William and Joan Barre was actually Eleanor’s daughter? Sadly, we are told the latter child died during childhood and no further information is presently available.

3.  See O’Shaugnessy, F.
The Story of Burton Dassett Church
(p. 7). Coventry Printers (undated).

4.  This was presumably the outcome of the commission on the disposal of these lands on which William Catesby sat.

5.  Sir Edward Belknap of Weston-under-Weatherly was only interested in pecuniary return from the manor and consequently turned out twelve tenant farmers. Added to the previous decimation from the Black Death, this action reduced Great Dorsett and it has never since recovered from the effects.

6.  And see Ashdown-Hill, J. ‘The inquisition post mortem of Eleanor Talbot, Lady Butler, 1468 (Public Record Office, C 140/29/39).’
The Ricardian
, 159 (2002), 563-573.

7.  See Bertram, J.
The Catesby Family and their Brasses at Ashby St Ledgers
. Monumental Brass Society: Burlington House, London, 2006.

8.  Phillips, G.
The Templars and the Ark of the Covenant: The Discovery of the Treasure of Solomon
. Bear & Company: Rochester, VT, 2004.

9.  And again see Ashdown-Hill, J. ‘The inquisition post mortem of Eleanor Talbot, Lady Butler, 1468 (Public Record Office, C 140/29/39).’
The Ricardian
, 159 (2002), 563-573.

1.  Is it indeed true, as More asserted, that he ‘procured the protector hastily to rid of him … for he trusted by his death to obtain much of the rule which the Lord Hastings bare in his country’?

2.  Payling (2007),
op. cit.
, p. 12.

3.  Grant: ‘To William Catesby, esquire, the office of chancellor of the earldom of March, and custody of the seal of the same earldom for the term of his life.’ See Horrox, R. & Hammond, P. W.
British Library Harleian Manuscript 433
. Vol. I (p. 67). Richard III Society: London, 1979.

4.  Comparisons here are primarily derived from the holdings cited in Dickson (2007), Payling (2007), Williams (1975) and Roskell (1959). Some other sources are derived from original holdings cited from the Public Records Office.

5.  Payling (2006),
op. cit
., p. 13.

6.  Williams (1975)
op. cit
., p. 51, has indicated that this was most probably John Revell.